Clothespin



J. LARSON May 24, 1927i CLOTHESPN Filed Sept. 2l, 1925 Patented May 2.4,man l l,53ll$017 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LARSON, OF LITTLEFORK, MEN'NESOTA.

CLOTHESPIN.

Application flied September 21, 1925. Serial No. $7,585.

This inventionrelates to improvements in '.lhe clothes pin is applied tothe clothes Clothes pins and its object is to provide a line T byinanuallv spreadingl or pressing' the clothes pin that is simple inconstruction, hook and side lineinber 4l away from the positive andetlleient in operation and cheap side nieniber until the line can bedisposed 45 li to manufacture. in the loop G, lVhen a garn'ient S is tobe A further object is to pro\.'ide ay clothes secured to the line withthe clothes pin the `pin adapted to obtain a maximumv purehase pin isagain spread apart to receive the garupon the garment and in garments ot1nenient or' garments. the sides a and 5 of the diuin or large size toobtain a double purH cloth-es pin rotning together against the gar- 5eli-ase or grip upon` the saine. nient tor almost theirentire lengththus oblith the foregoing' and other objects in taining a pureliase orbite upon the garment View the invention consists in the e ntbina andthe book il and side 5 also engaging the t-ion and arrangement of partsto be hereti'tin garment. beyond its pointl ot' engagement. by afterfully described, pointed ont in the ap l both ot said sides thusaffording a positive 55 l5 pended Claim and illustrated in the accom anddouble purchase or bite of the pin upon panying` drawing which torins apart ot this the garment. vapplication and .in Whiehli'hen the clothespin is not in use it may Fig. l is a plan View of the Clothes pim be stispended iroin the clothes line by in Fig. Qis a View in side elevationillustratfrei-ting` it and perinitting` disposal of the 60 ing' itsapplication. line through the hook 2 shown in Fig. 3.

F 3 is an inverted View of' the pin showlll/That is elaiined is :we inghow it; niay be suspent'led from the line A clothes pin formed of asingle piece ot' when not 1n use. resilient. material eolnprtsing 'apairv of Like reference characters denote eorrespaced non-crossed sidenieinbers tol-ming 65 spending parts throughout the several elongatedjaws adapted to come together Views. upon the garment', a loopconn'notingv said The Clothes pin is lornted ot a sing-le piene sidenien'ibers and ret-eiving the ,garment and ot material, preferably wire.the ends ot the clothes line. and an enlargelfl hook at the which arebent to 't'orin tiny leyes l, Q more end ot one of said side members,the tree 70 for ornamentation than otherwise. Thema end -ot said hoot;being; contiguous to the terial extending' from the eye 2 is curved korother side ineniber and toi-nung' jaws t1obent to 'torni an enlargedhook which `gether therewiths the bite ot said jaws being merges intothe side ineinber 4i. `The inatein spaced relation to the aforesaidelongated rial from 4or beyond the eye l torina the jaws, the entirespace between said jaws 75 side nieniber 5 which `is ot greater extent.torniingr a mouth 'for said book whereby the than the side 4;', saidsides beingspaced but clothes line admitted 'to said hook when a veryslight. distance apart'7 parallel to each the saine is notV in use upona. garment. other, and waved synnnetrirally, said sides ln testimonythat l claiin the 'foregoing being' united by the loop (3, tbe bool; 3adas iny own I havel hereto aiiied my signa- 80 jacent the eye Q beingspaced very 'slightly ture. troni the side nieinber 5. JOHN LARSN.

